For a few days now I haven't needed to go shopping in town. I may have mentioned that I sometimes shop&hoard insanely, as if I were expecting the sky to fall in quite soon. As a consequence, there is stuff in the fridge, the larder (which is a big but unused freezer) and the cellar. Today I used a couple of nicely coloured carrots - yellow and orange - and a kohlrabi for a home-made coleslaw. AND I made the mayo, which I now find ludicrously easy. Takes two minutes: throw one egg in a tall container, add a spoonful of Colman's mustard (I had powder), a tbsp of clear vinegar or lemon jjuice (no lemons, run out), some salt, pepper and 250ml of sunflower oil. Then just stick in the hand mixer and you can watch it turn into mayo in front of your astonished eyes. Yes, I too used to think mayo was hard to make! Now I really can't imagine buying it any more, not even Hellman's.

The coleslaw was eaten with (hoarded;sardines would go well, too) crayfish and a pretzel roll (freshly bought from the baker up the hill, my daily nod towards fitness).